What's not true? I linked to the news articles to back up my claims.
The links are accurate. Your summaries of the links are wrong.
Checking into who is being employed at Apple's iPhone production factories seems like something Apple should have done ever since the iPhone began being manufactured three years ago. If Apple took no oversight over how the iPhone was being manufactured until recently, that's their fault. It's commendable that they finally fixed it. But that doesn't change the fact it should have been fixed in 2007.
Apple did perform oversight every year, and they finally found three incidents. What's your point?
Anyways, my point was that it's stupid to boycott Sony for something one of their lawyers said, while Apple's contractors have done far worse things.
Their lawyers are fiduciary agents representing Sony. They are not independent contractors. If your lawyer said something while representing you, those words are held against you. If your gardener said the same thing, those words are not held against you. That just makes sense.
Seriously, don't act like Apple bears absolutely no responsibility for the subcontractors that they hired to test and manufacture their products.
Of course they do. There is no evidence that these subcontractors have done this in the past, and there is no evidence that Apple should have known about the issue sooner. If someone slips on a spill in a grocery store, the issue becomes: when did the grocer know about the spill? when SHOULD the grocer have known about the spill? If the spill happened a few minutes ago, it's not fair to blame the grocer unless there is a history of spills happening at that spot for some reason.
And don't act like Apple bears no responsibility for the high level of secrecy employed around their products.
Strawman. The natural consequence of secrecy is not suicides. The fact that you went to work this morning might have set off a chain reaction of events that resulted in someone's death. We don't hold it against you, because you are not the proximate cause of the death. Causation does not imply blame.
Both stances are dishonest...
Much like your "Apple has a monopoly on iPod Touch" theory?
This was THE department that was testing and modifying the iPhone prototypes. Don't act like Apple had no oversight of what was being done there.
Where's your evidence that they did? Moreover, if I kill a coworker, is my employer to blame if they knew nothing about it?
Apple is not stupid. There is absolutely no way that location was tweaking with the iPhone prototype without atleast some Apple employees overseeing exactly what they are doing.
Again, where's your evidence? And what does the presence of an engineer or two have to do with it?
Are you seriously telling me that you believe Apple subcontracted out a company to test the iPhone prototype, and wasn't keeping a close eye on what they were doing over there?
What does keeping an "eye" on things have to do with it? And, yes, I don't think they were keeping an eye on things beyond demanding secrecy. And the natural consequence of secrecy is NOT violence. Lots of companies keep trade secrets and enforce NDA's, and nothing bad happens.
My concern is the anti-competitive practices that Apple is still engaging in. I see no good reason why Google Voice or the new Google Navigation App should be blocked from the iPhone. And I certainly see no good reason to block Opera or other competitors.
Finally something I agree with. Not sure what it has to do with your imaginary conspiracy theories, though.
) but should have never occurred.
